Unfortunately, that’s minimum.
A-VO-ID: Do a minimum RC of Rs.35 per 28days or No outgoing calls (Even with Main Balance!)
@dazzwilliams I've no idea. try to contact airtel customer care (airtelindia on twitter)
dazzwilliams
Discoverer
Got it. Its 79
nRiTeCh
Northstar
Never knew those bhpians also discuss about such usual stuff.. I thought their life starts under the hood and ends at the exhaust!
dazzwilliams
Discoverer
Lol
Far from it
letmein
Guide
Sorry for bumping this thread, but Airtel has increased the minimum recharge to 155 from 99 for a couple of circles, rest of India to follow soon. Expect Jio and Voda to copy them as well.
Bad news if you keep more than 1 SIM active.
Good news if you're an investor in any of these 3 companies.
www.moneycontrol.com
Bad news if you keep more than 1 SIM active.
Good news if you're an investor in any of these 3 companies.
Airtel raises price of minimum monthly recharge plan by 57% to Rs 155 in 2 circles, pan-India roll-out expected
The company has stopped its minimum recharge plan of Rs 99, under which it offered 200 megabyte of data and calls at the rate of Rs 2.5 paise per second.
Kaleen Bhaiya
Herald
It was bound to happen sooner or later. This cheap pricing strategy from Jio which bleeded the telecom sector made it unviable for other telcos to continue with the same pricing in the long run.
I believe there will be more increase in prices with time as 5G penetration improves.
I believe there will be more increase in prices with time as 5G penetration improves.
Emperor
Herald
Good time ahead for MTNL/BSNLSorry for bumping this thread, but Airtel has increased the minimum recharge to 155 from 99 for a couple of circles, rest of India to follow soon. Expect Jio and Voda to copy them as well.
Bad news if you keep more than 1 SIM active.
Good news if you're an investor in any of these 3 companies.
Airtel raises price of minimum monthly recharge plan by 57% to Rs 155 in 2 circles, pan-India roll-out expected
The company has stopped its minimum recharge plan of Rs 99, under which it offered 200 megabyte of data and calls at the rate of Rs 2.5 paise per second.
Ssreek
Guide
Just yesterday I did 99 recharge. I wish they don't discontinue 99. Already using 2 sims and not worth recharging Rs.200+ for both sims.Sorry for bumping this thread, but Airtel has increased the minimum recharge to 155 from 99 for a couple of circles, rest of India to follow soon. Expect Jio and Voda to copy them as well.
Bad news if you keep more than 1 SIM active.
Good news if you're an investor in any of these 3 companies.
Airtel raises price of minimum monthly recharge plan by 57% to Rs 155 in 2 circles, pan-India roll-out expected
The company has stopped its minimum recharge plan of Rs 99, under which it offered 200 megabyte of data and calls at the rate of Rs 2.5 paise per second.
Mr.J
Herald
Jio's license should've been revoked the moment they bought Infotel Broadband (a shell company created only to acquire 4G license through backdoor).
Ssreek
Guide
govt will probably destroy everything else rather than act on jio.
PradUp
Explorer
I wonder how the telecom landscape would be had that happened... Probably get a 2gb data per month instead of per day for 250-300rs.
Mr.J
Herald
Right, because before Jio there were no improvements in technology at all.
They already have. We had dozens of telcos in India. Now we have 3 excluding BSNL which is also gutted by the govt.
Ssreek
Guide
Govt got major stake in VI..so it’s going to be 2 unless adani is interested to enter.
PradUp
Explorer
I am not talking about technology, I'm talking about what you would have gotten for your money. What do you think we would get for 250-300rs recharge now a day had Jio not entered the telecom industry?Right, because before Jio there were no improvements in technology at all.
I had no access to broadband and I was entirely depended on mobile data and it was hell.
I'd have been at peace with 50rs recharge every 3 months for just talktime with "unlimited validity" instead now i have to recharge like a monthly subscription just to keep my SIM alive and i have to pay for data i don't need.
I wish these companies would make a cheap 400-500rs plan with validity for an year just for calls with 0 data. Don't get me wrong, i get that data has gone cheaper but why can't the same happen for calls and validity. Nowadays many households have unlimited wifi making these data packs useless.
Mr.J
Herald
As tier-1 and tier-2 cities were getting saturated, telecos were expanding in tier-3 town and beyond for revenue. It was may not have been fast but it was much better than what we have on our place. What Jio has done is to obliterate the market and left us with no options.
Now even if mobile data goes back to being hell (and it most certainly will as Jio's infrastructure starts aging) we will have no options to switch to or bargain with.
What we're getting even now? Prices were coming down even without Jio. If you don't believe me then you can google yourself and compare prices from 2017 to prices from 2010-2012.
Here's an example:
Airtel Postpaid Plans At Rs 399, Rs 499, Rs 649, Rs 799, Rs 999 Explained
Some of the best-selling postpaid plans of Bharti Airtel are priced at Rs 399, Rs 499, Rs 649, Rs 799 and Rs 999.
www.ndtv.com
Competition is good for customers. What Jio did (giving free service for 6 months) is called predatory pricing and it's illegal. That's why Amazon and Flipkart were targeted few months back. But Jio was allowed to run rampart.
What it has done is not only kill the existing telecom market but also tell foreign companies that it is futile to invest in India because Indian govt will support Jio first and foremost.
Ssreek
Guide
Also Jiofiber. Once it started, other companies started giving more speed for the same price. On the otherhand I can’t say that ‘unlimited’ 3300gb limit came bcz of jio or something else.